Blog Topic: Veterinary

13 blog(s) on Veterinary available

Research Veterinary
Franken-Swine: World’s First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplantation

Franken-Swine: World’s First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplantation

In this blog, we discuss the realities of pig-to-human lung transplantation.

Research Veterinary
Can Gut Microbiota Predict Successful Racehorses?

Can Gut Microbiota Predict Successful Racehorses?

In this blog, we discuss a recent paper investigating how the gut microbiota of foals in the first few months of life predicts their athletic performance and risk of disease in later life.

Research Veterinary
Man’s Stressed Friend: How Human Stress Affects Dogs

Man’s Stressed Friend: How Human Stress Affects Dogs

In this blog, we discuss a recent paper by Parr-Cortes et al. (2024) which investigates how human stress affects the emotional state of dogs.

Research Veterinary
Heart to Heart: Could Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants Become a Reality?

Heart to Heart: Could Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants Become a Reality?

In this blog, we discuss the use of genetically engineered pigs for heart xenotransplantation.

Research Veterinary
Pitch Purrfect: How Do Cats Produce Purring Vocalizations?

Pitch Purrfect: How Do Cats Produce Purring Vocalizations?

In this blog, we discuss a recent paper by Herbst et al. (2023) in which they shine a new light on the mechanisms that drive purring in cats.

Guest Blog Veterinary
Puppetry of a Parasite: How Toxoplasma gondii Manipulates its Host

Puppetry of a Parasite: How Toxoplasma gondii Manipulates its Host

In this blog, we discuss new research from Meyer et al. (2022), suggesting that mild manipulation from T. gondii increases a gray wolf’s risk-taking behaviors, with potentially fatal consequences.

Research Veterinary
Feline Good: FMT Reduces Digestive Problems in Cats

Feline Good: FMT Reduces Digestive Problems in Cats

In this blog, we discuss the results and clinical implications of this new study investigating the benefits of FMT in cats.

Research Veterinary
Dogs: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?

Dogs: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?

This blog takes a look at a study by Bergström et al. that examined the DNA from ancient wolves to help answer the origins of dogs from wolf populations.

Research Veterinary
Could Genetically-Modified Pigs Be the Future of Xenotransplantation?

Could Genetically-Modified Pigs Be the Future of Xenotransplantation?

This blog discusses xenotransplantation, the groundbreaking experimental procedure, where a man with end stage heart failure received a donor heart from a genetically-modified pig.

Research Veterinary
Genetically Engineered Pigs to Fight Disease

Genetically Engineered Pigs to Fight Disease

In this blog, we discuss Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRSS)-resistant pigs and how this could help alleviate the economic burden of porcine disease. 

Research Veterinary
Could an Unconventional Vaccine Program Prove a Roaring Success?

Could an Unconventional Vaccine Program Prove a Roaring Success?

This blog highlights the threat that canine distemper virus poses to the Amur tiger and discusses whether vaccinating these tigers could help protect them from extinction.

Research Veterinary
Unlocking the Mechanism of a Deadly Infection in Pigs

Unlocking the Mechanism of a Deadly Infection in Pigs

This blog discusses a paper published in Cell Host and Microbe by Bruggisser et al. (2020) that shows that CD31 is crucial for C. perfringens pathogenesis in pigs.

Research Veterinary
The oldest known naturally occurring cancer is transmitted between dogs

The oldest known naturally occurring cancer is transmitted between dogs

Learn more about the biology of the transmissible canine cancer CTVT and why it is a biological curiosity of significant magnitude in this blog post.